The Bubble Genius Bob & Elvis Show 2.17.11

Posted on 02/17/2011 at 8:00 pm by Bob Cesca

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BUMPED. Excelsior! The Next Spider-Man; Our Stupid Catchphrases; More Real Estate Recession Therapy; Haley Barbour and the KKK; South Dakota Anti-Abortion Laws; Worst Person in the World; Birthers and Racists; Closet Socialists and Big Spending Americans; and much more! Brought to you by Bubble Genius!

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  • http://drangedinaz.wordpress.com/ Irish Girl

    Okay, both catchphrases are “gay”….and I mean that in the most respectful way possible. ;)

  • http://drangedinaz.wordpress.com/ Irish Girl

    Hey, you guys were talking about my cousins, “skinny white crackers in the backwoods of Mississippi”! I was just talking to one of my siblings about those same cousins and how they’ve been hoarding family heirlooms from the Civil War. Lost Cause worshippers…..and why I no longer live in the South. :)

  • Dan in Deutschland

    Yeah.. but Bob’s catch phrase is way gayer. It’s like tiny dancer gay. Anyone who watches South Park knows what I’m talking about. Excelsior is assless chaps gay- and Al Gore made it that way.I’m totally cereal.

  • http://www.twitter.com/bobcesca_go Bob_Cesca

    I don’t get it. First, should progressives be hurling around “gay” in the pejorative sense? Second, it’s a NERD word — not gay. It’s from Marvel Comics! Oy.

  • cousinavi

    As if NERD and GAY can’t co-habitat.

  • hollyglightly123

    The new Superman is Henry Cavill, not Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Henry fits better.

  • http://www.bubblegenius.com pea

    “Nerd” is actually gayer than “gay,” Bob! P.S. Talking about Superman for ten minutes (Jon Hamm notwithstanding) is even nerdier. I shall zay nozzink about your Star Wars love.”Huzzah” is a beloved Deadwood-ism, and nary a gay word fell outta Al Swearengen’s mouth. “Excelsior” sounds prep-school to me, though.Great show, though, guys, even though I’m beyond thinking we share the same brain. The question now is – whose?

  • http://twitter.com/JM_Ashby J M Ashby

    “skinny white crackers in the backwoods” lol

  • http://www.twitter.com/bobcesca_go Bob_Cesca

    Still don’t get why “excelsior” is gay.In addition to Stan Lee, it was Jean Shepherd’s catchphrase, too.

  • raistuumum

    I haven’t heard Lady Antebellum, but I suggest you should really take all of the “Southern pride” from Lynyrd Skynyrd with a grain of salt.And ignore their diehard fans as much as you can.Their music becomes much more enjoyable and bearable after you overcome these obstacles.

  • alopecia

    Gentlemen, both “huzzah!” and “excelsior!” are perfectly absurd, archaic exclamations. Bickering over which is sillier is … silly.Elvis, I can understand your reaction to the name Lady Antebellum, but:a) Copy-pasted from Wikipedia:

    On the BBC Radio 2 Drivetime Show on the 9 August 2010, the band explained to the host, Liza Tarbuck, that the name Antebellum comes from when the group were photographing “antebellum” homes. The antebellum architectural style describes the large plantation homes in the American South. “Antebellum” more commonly refers to pre-Civil War America, especially the pre-Civil War culture in the slave holding southern states. While photographing the houses one of the group said that there’s a great band name in there, and they adopted the Lady Antebellum name shortly after.

    I’m not sure any offense was intended; besides, is the band name Lady Antebellum more or less shocking than The Dead Kennedys (yes, I’m old enough to remember The Dead Kennedys)? Me, I can look past a historically tone-deaf name.b) Their music isn’t half bad, if you like contemporary country.Bob, this stood out for me in your HuffPo piece this week:

    [Republicans are] all in favor of redistribution of wealth to the wealthy, but they go full Red Scare on anyone who suggests helping middle and working class Americans or, for that matter, growing the economy.

    Well, yes. First, redistribution of wealth upward is the primary goal of post-1980 Republicanism. Second, Rs can and will blame any pain inflicted on middle- and working-class Americans on the Ds. Third, the Rs are more than willing to nuke the US economy—even the world economy in order to prevent President Obama’s reelection.@raistuumum: Personally, I find Lynyrd Skynyrd’s music more enjoyable and bearable if I turn the volume down to zero. It’s especially good if the disc and/or player is smashed to bits just before playback. :^)

  • http://www.emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com Emily L. Hauser

    OMG OMG OMG you talked about meeeeeeeeeeee!!!And Angry Black Lady, my Angry Black Overlady!!!Ahem. /clears throatI’m the blogger at Angry Black Lady Chronicles who wrote the Lara Logan post – ABL wrote the South Dakota stuff (and by the way, I love that you pointed out that it’s class warfare, the abortion stuff. Because it fucking is).My only quibble is that when you read the GatewayPundit and Debbie Sch-whatever posts out loud, you forced me to actually know what they’d said. I’d been avoiding those shitheads quite successfully, and I’m not particularly grateful that you ruined that for me.BUT! I am, in fact, very grateful that you talked about ABLC. Angry Black Lady is phenomenal writer, a terrific thinker, and funny as all shit. And gracious and generous, bringing a small gaggle of underfed mini-bloggers on board and giving us a chance to dance at her party (dance at her party… on board? Perhaps the party is on a boat).I’m grateful that she invited me over to her place, grateful to you lovely gentlemen for talking up the Chronicles, and really, all y’all: Check out Angry Black Lady Chronicles! She rocks, and we rock in her wake! http://www.angryblacklady.com/(also, not for nothing: “What if he is Muslim? So what?”